Calvert family.
CALVERT FAMILY.
History of the surname Calvert.
This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is an occupational name for a tender of cattle, deriving from the Middle English “calfhirde”, a development of the Olde English pre 7th Century “calf” meaning calf, plus “hierde”, herdsman. Job descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. The surname is now most widespread in North and North East England and in Northern Ireland. The surname dates back to the mid 13th Century (see below), and early recordings include: William Calvehird (1297) in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire, and John Calverde of York (1309), in the Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London. Variations in the spelling of the surname include Calverd and Calvard. A Coat of Arms granted to a Calvert family is black, on an inescutcheon within an orle of silver owls, three black guttes. The Crest is a silver owl black guttee. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Warin le Calfhirde, which was dated 1269, in the “Feet of Fines of Yorkshire”, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as “The Frenchman”, 1216 – 1272.
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The following Information about Calverts from the Grewelthorpe area have been taken from Parish registers, school registers, local newspapers and census returns.
Last update March. 2010.
ADA CALVERT. Born C.1872 Galphay Moor. Dau of George & Rebecca.
ALICE CALVERT. Born C. 1888 Harrogate. Dau of James [Traction eng. driver] & Jane.
ANN CALVERT. Born C.1870 Galphay Moor. Dau of George & Rebecca.
ANNIE CALVERT. Born C.1851. Dau of John of Galphay. Married on 27.4.1875 at Kirby Malzeard church to Leonard Peacock. [b.1841] son of John Peacock.
ANNIE CALVERT. Born 14.10.1883. Bap. 30.12.1883 Grewelthorpe. Dau of George Alexander [Stonemason] & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 6.6.1889. Servant in Masham in 1891.
ARTHUR CALVERT. Born 10.10.1893. Bap 31.12.1893 Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 29.6.1897 left to go to Angram 1906.
AUDREY CALVERT. Dau of James Calvert of Tower Hill, Grewelthorpe. Sister of Dorothy & John.
DONALD WILLIAM CALVERT. Born 2.7.1936. Bap. 23.8.1936 Grewelthorpe. Son of Edmund [Bootmaker] & Agnes Isabel.
DOROTHY CALVERT. Eldest dau. of James Calvert of Tower Hill. Grewelthorpe. Married William Kibbat. of Lintorf Dusseldorf Germany. in May 1949. Report Ripon Gazette 12.5.1949.
EDITH ANNIE CALVERT. Born C.1884 Laverton. Living in Ripon as as a servant in 1901.
EDMUND CALVERT. Born 26.11.1899. Bap. 20.10.1901 Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 20.4.1903. Left to go to Angram 1906.
ERNEST CALVERT. Born 13.6.1897. Bap. 6.6.1898 Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 17.9.1900. left to go to Angram 1906.
ERNEST CALVERT. Born C. 1901 Galphay Moor. Son of John William & Emma of High Missis.
EVA SARAH CALVERT. Born C. 1906.Galphay Moor. Dau of John William & Emma of High Missis.
FRED CALVERT. Born C. 1904 Galphay Moor. Son of John William & Emma. of High Missis.
GEORGE CALVERT. Bap 17.10.1783. Son of John of Bramley Grange, Grewelthorpe.
GEORGE CALVERT. Born C. 1834 Skell Gill. Farmer at Mouse Hall, Azerley. Married to Rebecca born 1840 at Sutton.
GEORGE CALVERT. Born 23.5.1891.Bap. 9.8.1891 Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 9.4.1894.
HENRY CALVERT. Solicitor, and Treasurer to the Masham Local Board in 1890.
ISABELLA CALVERT. Born C1820. Lived Intack. Died an infant. Buried 15.12.1820. Ref. Kirkby Malzeard Par. reg.
ISABELLA CALVERT. Born 1838 Grewelthorpe. Dau of Isaiah & Mary Cartwright. see Cartwright page. Married James Metcalf. of Masham. had dau Mary Jane Metcalf. b. 1878. Middlesboro. See Metcalfe page.
ISIAH CALVERT. Husband of Mary. Lived Quarry House. Father of Mary Ann. M.I. Grave in Grewelthorpe churchyard. [see picture below].
ISIAH CALVERT. Bap. 8.1.1890 Grewelthorpe. Buried 29.1.1890. Son of George Alexander & Barbara.
JAMES CALVERT. Born C. 1788. Lived Intack. Buried 24.10.1820. Ref. Kirkby Malzeard Par. reg.
JAMES CALVERT. Lived Tower Hill Grewelthorpe.
JAMES CALVERT. Born C. 1862 Kirkby Malzeard. A Mechanic Traction Driver. Married in 1883 to Jane [b.1858] of Harrogate. In 1911 they were living in Harrogate with 3 children.
JANE CALVERT. Bap. 20.4.1862 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Christopher & Elizabeth of Beckmeetings.
JANE CALVERT. Born 4.4.1887. Bap. 29.5.1887 Grewelthorpe. Dau of George Alexander [mason] & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 29.9.1891.
JANE CALVERT. Died C. 1870. Married Thomas Kirkbright. in May 1840.
JOHN CALVERT. Son of James of Galphay. John was a Blacksmith. married on 13.12.1849 to Widow Ann Baul [nee Porter]. dau of Robert Porter. at Kirkby Malzeard church.
JOHN CALVERT. Son of William of Skellgill. Married on 5.6.1852 at Kirkby Malzeard to Margaret Burrill. of Dallowgill. Dau of John Burrill. Witness Mary Burrill.
JOHN CALVERT. Bap. 5.10.1853 Dallowgill. Son of William & Mary of Carlsmoor.
JOHN WILLIAM HENRY CALVERT. of Kirkby Malzeard. Banns read for marriage to Annie Weighill. of Grewelthorpe in April 1872.
JOHN WILLIAM CALVERT. Born C. 1874 Galphay Moor. Son of George & Rebecca. Living Mouse Hall 1881. Married in 1903 to Emma [b.1871] Skelding. In 1911 Living High Missis, Galphay Moor.
JOHN HENRY CALVERT. Solicitor in Masham in 1890. Ref. Bulmers Directory.
JOHN HENRY CALVERT. Bap 21.7.1878 Grewelthorpe. Son of Burnett [Joiner] & Mary.
JOHN JAMES CALVERT. Born 20.4.1882. Bap 30.4.1882 Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander [Stonemason] & Mary. Started Grewelthorpe school 23.6.1886.
JOHN CALVERT. Son of James Calvert of Tower Hill, Grewelthorpe. Brother of Audrey & Dorothy.
LAURA ELIZABETH CALVERT. Born C1882 Laverton. dau of John. Married on 29.6.1904 at Kirkby Malzeard to Matthew Robert Wintersgill. [b.1877] a butcher. Son of Thomas.
MARGARET CALVERT. Dau of William of Skellgill. Married on 17.11.1849 at Kirkby Malzeard church to Matthew Barker. son of John Barker of Dallowgill. [Ref. K.Mal.Par.Reg.]
MARGARET CALVERT. Of Grewelthorpe. Banns read for marriage to Christopher Pickersgill. of Middlesborough in Dec. 1870.
MARGARET ETHEL CALVERT. Born C. 1890 Kirkby Malzeard. Living Langcliffe Yorks.in 1911. as a domestic servant.
MARGARET CALVERT. Born 28.9.1895. Bap. 7.12.1895 Grewelthorpe. Dau of George Alexander & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 4.9.1898. left to go to Angram 1906.
MARY ANN CALVERT. Born C. 1833. Buried 11.11.1852 Grewelthorpe. Dau of Isiah & Mary of Quarry House, Grewelthorpe.
MARY CALVERT [nee CARTWRIGHT]. Born C. 1808. Buried 14.5.1880. Grewelthorpe. Wife of Isiah Calvert. Glazier. M.I.
MARY ANN CALVERT. Bap. 26.9.1852 Dalowgill. Dau of John Calvert & Margaret Burrill. of Carlsmoor.
MARY CALVERT. Bap. 10.9.1854 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of James & Mary of Bramley Grange, Grewelthorpe.
MARY JANE CALVERT. Born C.1859 Grewelthorpe. Died 28.3.1939 Carlsmoor. Married Leonard Peter Burrill. [see Burrill page]. in 1809 Ripon. Had 7 children.
MARY ELIZABETH CALVERT. Born 11.11.1880. Bap 22.5.1881 Grewelthorpe. Dau of George Alexander [Stonemason] & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 17.8.1885.
PERCY CALVERT. Born C. 1892 Harrogate. Son of James [Traction Eng. Driver] & Jane. Percy was a motor bus driver in 1911.
RAYMOND CALVERT. Born 19.9.1901.Bap. 20.10.1901 Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander & Barbara. Started Grewelthorpe school 15.5.1905. Left to go to Angram 906.
REUBEN WATSON CALVERT. Bap. 5.6.1859 Grewelthorpe. Son of Samuel {Plumber & Glazier.}& Mary.
RICHARD CALVERT. Bap. 6.2.1771. Son of John of Bramley Grange, Grewelthorpe.
WALTER CALVERT. Born C. 1885. Fish Salesman in Harrogate in 1911. Son of James [Traction Engine driver] & Jane.
WILLIAM CALVERT. Bap. 14.9.1851 Dallowgill. Son of James & Mary of Bramley Grange.
WILLIAM CALVERT. Bap. 5.10.1856 Dallowgill. Son of William & Mary of Carlsmoor.
WILLIAM HENRY CALVERT. Born 4.4.1885. Bap. 6.9.1885. Grewelthorpe. Son of George Alexander [stonemason] & Barbara.
Started Grewelthorpe school 14.4.1890.
Grave of Isiah & Mary Calvert. This large stone also records Mary Ann Calvert. Ruth Ingleby, Jane Kirkbright & Elizabeth Watson.